Vaqueros
| 01/03/25 vs Dayton | 54-30 |
| 12/28/24 vs Dayton | 57-39 |
| 12/27/24 vs Lowry | 64-44 |
| 12/27/24 vs South Tahoe | 48-36 |
| 12/26/24 @ Mineral County | 72-51 |
Fernley waltzed into their matchup on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They put the hurt on the Dayton Dust Devils with a sharp 54-30 win. The Vaqueros pushed the score to 45-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Dust Devils cut but never quite recovered from.
Leading Fernley to victory were Sheldon Jacobson and Bryce Dunagan-Stephens. Jacobson dropped a double-double on 25 points and 11 boards, while Dunagan-Stephens went 7 for 15 on his way to 20 points and seven rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Jacobson has scored at least a third of Fernley's points. Skyler Ledesma-James also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.
Fernley smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in five consecutive games.
Dayton lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Talan Brown, who posted ten points. Issac Powell was another key player, putting up nine points and five rebounds.
Fernley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Dayton, their loss dropped their record down to 10-3.
Fernley wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 58-40 victory against Elko on the 10th. As for Dayton, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 64-42 defeat against Spring Creek on the 10th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
